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Board of Trustees and Staff

R. Lee Laechelt, RF
Chairman of Trust
Trustee since 1992
Executive Vice President,
Alabama Forest Owner’s Association
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Melisa V. Love, RF
Vice Chair of Trust
Trustee since 1995
President, Forestry Consultants, Inc.

Larkin Wade, RF
Trustee
Trustee since 1992
Professor Emeritus,
School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University

Mark D. Smith, Ph.D.
Secretary and Treasurer
Associate Professor
School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University

Timothy Albritton, RF
Adviser of Trust
Adviser of Trust since 2003
State Staff Forester
USDA-NRCS

S. Wayne Ford, RF
Trustee
Trustee since 2010
Retired Tuscaloosa Co. Extension System Coordinator

Mitch Coffee, RF
Trustee
Resource Management Service, LLC

Frank M. Stewart, III, RF
BMT Contract Administrator
Principal, Washington Resource
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